Boat Building and Repairing
Everything OPM FedScope (June 2026) reports about the Boat Building and Repairing occupation series (code 4717): headcount, average salary, length of service, and pay comparison.
The verdict
Boat Building and Repairing is a smaller, specialized federal occupation: 34 employees (0.0% of the federal civilian workforce) in the General Maintenance and Operations Work Family family. At an average salary of $74,449 it pays below the federal average of $117,339.
- Employees
- 34
- Share of workforce
- 0.0%
- Avg salary
- $74,449
- Avg tenure
- 13.3 yrs
FedScope read on Boat Building and Repairing (thin series)
0.0% of the federal civilian workforce (1,953,300 employees total, June 2026) works in the Boat Building and Repairing occupation (OPM code 4717): 34 people, headcount sideways 0.0% versus the prior period, though at this small a headcount, year-to-year swings can reflect a handful of hires or departures rather than a broad hiring trend.
Boat Building and Repairing pays $74,449 per year on average, moving down 0.0% from the prior period (a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change). Employees in this role stay an average of 13.3 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.
The General Maintenance and Operations Work Family family (code 47) groups Boat Building and Repairing together with 9 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Boat Building and Repairing postings should also review these sibling occupations in the General Maintenance and Operations Work Family family.
Boat Building and Repairing makes up 0.2% of the 15,982 employees across the General Maintenance and Operations Work Family family, ranking #7 of 10 occupations in that family by headcount.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Boat Building and Repairing pay compares to the federal average of $117,339
Occupation Average
$74,449
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-36.6%
Where Boat Building and Repairing ranks on lean federal pay
Its average salary of $74,449 is higher than 30% of federal occupation series (165 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Boat Building and Repairing sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; Boat Building and Repairing ranks higher than 30%.
Related Occupations in General Maintenance and Operations Work Family
9 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintenance Mechanic | 10,441 | $73,094 | 11.9 yrs |
| Misc General Maintenance & Operations Work | 2,599 | $93,724 | 16.5 yrs |
| Utility Systems Repairing-Operating | 1,983 | $84,204 | 13.2 yrs |
| Cemetery Caretaking | 644 | $63,552 | 8.6 yrs |
| General Equipment Mechanic | 140 | $75,100 | 15.4 yrs |
| Model Making | 91 | $93,472 | 14.8 yrs |
| General Equipment Operating | 26 | $81,524 | 18.2 yrs |
| Exhibits Making/modeling | 16 | n/a | 17.5 yrs |
| Research Laboratory Mechanic | 8 | $83,825 | 13 yrs |
Nationwide peers near this thin headcount
Two peer sets for Boat Building and Repairing outside the General Maintenance and Operations Work Family family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar thin headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (34 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($74,449 here).
Key takeaways
- Boat Building and Repairing pays below the federal average by 36.6% ($74,449 vs $117,339 federal-wide), at the 30th percentile for pay among 541 tracked occupation series.
- A smaller, specialized federal occupation by headcount: 34 employees, 0.0% of the federal civilian workforce.
- According to OPM FedScope June 2026, Boat Building and Repairing ranks #569 of 663 federal occupation series by headcount (the same employee_count ordering as our occupations directory).
- Boat Building and Repairing makes up 0.2% of the 15,982 employees across the General Maintenance and Operations Work Family family, ranking #7 of 10 occupations in that family by headcount.
OPM FedScope and Federal Workforce Data figures are federal civilian headcounts, average salaries, and length-of-service statistics - not job-quality scores, hiring advice, or a live vacancy listing. A larger or higher-paid agency is not a better employer.